The World's Laura Lynch reports that Russia's creating a new professional hockey league to rival the American NHL. It's an attempt to keep Russia's hockey talent at home, and persuade some of the game's stars to leave North America.

The BBC's Will Grant, reports from Caracas, on the growing economic ties between Russia and Venezuela.

The kind of attacks Baghdad suffered today has become less and less common in much of Iraq. The reduction in violence is allowing American troops to engage with the local population in ways that would have been unthinkable just last year. The World's Quil Lawrence has been embedded with US forces in Balad.

A new wave of suicide attacks killed dozens of people in Iraq today. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the details from the BBC's Andrew North in Baghdad.

The World's Katy Clark reports on how the US fight against terrorism might change once President-Elect Barack Obama takes office in January.

Today on The World: A new wave of suicide attacks kills dozens in Iraq; also, Russia creates a new hockey league to rival the NHL; and the legacy of South African singer Miriam Makeba.

The Peruvian government is threatening to sue Yale University over thousands of Incan relics from Machu Picchu that are being held at the University. Dan Collyns reports for the BBC from Lima.

Pictures of the Incan relics